Diurnal patterns of denitrification, oxygen consumption and nitrous oxide production in rivers measured at the whole-reach scale

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1448-1458

  Laursen, Andrew E ^a,b,c   Seitzinger, Sybil P ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Membrane inlet mass spectrometry; Nitrate; Nitrous oxide; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED GAS; DIURNAL VARIATION; GAS EXCHANGE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RIVER;

IROQUOIS RIVER; MILLSTONE RIVER; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7044247894     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01280.x     Document Type: Article

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